Saturday, November 25, 2006 Lawmaker learns Vietnam agri system in Apec meet By Raymond C. Garcia
MACABEBE -- If there is one thing the fourth district Representative Ana York Bondoc learned from her recent trip to Vietnam, that is the country’s agricultural system.
Bondoc, together with four other members of Congress, namely, Representatives Erlie Villarosa, Lorna Silverio and Nerissa Soon-Ruiz joined President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo during the Asia Pacific Economic Congress (Apec) in Vietnam.
Bondo praised Vietnam’s rising economy saying that “agriculture in Vietnam is well-organized and we learn many things from the country’s rising economy.”
“Baka nga ma-overtake pa tayo ng Vietnam in terms of economy,” she added. She said that what she learned from Vietnam will be relayed to our country men here particularly to her constituents to improve their livelihood.
The Philippine delegation was accompanied by Secretaries Alberto Romulo (Foreogn Affairs), Peter Favila (Trade), Rafael Lotilla (Energy) and Jesamin Defensor, the Ambassadorial pool of adviser for anti terrorism for South East Asia.
She said she also had the chance to meet a number of Kapampangans there and had a chance to chat with them to know and to check their current situation. During the interview, Bondoc bared some of her ongoing projects for her constituents in the fourth district.
